A new study by Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster and Reshmaan Hussam examines the effects of a 1994 public health campaign in Bangladesh which encouraged families to switch from backyard wells - which were discovered to be contaminated with arsenic - to arsenic-free sources such as surface water or relatively more remote tubewells. These alternative sources, however, may have increased the exposure of diarrheal disease pathogens to the families that switched.

Read a draft of the paper, "Throwing the Baby out with the Drinking Water: Unintended Consequences of Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Bangladesh", here.

02/26/2011

Poor Economics the book is available for pre-order!

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty will be available 4/26/2011 from all major booksellers.

Prof. Duflo presents her take on the way in which we must rethink our approach to development economics. What are the low-hanging fruit of development? How can we maximize our impact in poverty alleviation? This lecture was presented during the panel session, The Evolution of Economic Science: Macroeconomics, Growth and Development, during the MIT 150-year anniversary symposium.

Prof. Duflo presents her take on the way in which we must rethink our approach to development economics. What are the low-hanging fruit of development? How can we maximize our impact in poverty alleviation? This lecture was presented during the panel session, The Evolution of Economic Science: Macroeconomics, Growth and Development, during the MIT 150-year anniversary symposium.